Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-06-13 | Page 16 | Bulletin is Issued on Killing Weeds

BULLETIN 15 ISSUED ON KILLING WEEDS . v- Suggestions Made to Farm- crs by Utah County Crop j Pest Inspector. special The Tribune. j ri;o'0, Juno li'. According to a j statement made hy County Crop Test j In.peeior o. J. Toulson, tiio weed law ,; paed by tiio last legislature, making it j eoinpal.ory tor farmers, railroad and I I'iniii. eomiianios, -ouniy eomniissiouer i and all owners und controllers of roads j and i is'iit-uf-way, etc., will bu r'midiv on- for-'ed. I 'I'';e prnicipal weeds which the law in-i in-i tenris to d-'Mroy are Canada thistle, hull j Caisi'e and burdock. Other weeds mav be added to i;-o list on petition of fifty taxjayeis, made to ti'.e county eomniis- M r. P-adstnt reports that it i. oxportprl laat while to), cookie bur, morning t;lorv and nm.-iard will b.j added to I 'no" list. ; and of; --ra the follru in: sucestions to I t he fa r::;ers of I tali con 1 1 1 y on w cod eradication: "Thcr.- is r.o weed w hicii ea nnot he er.-ulieaU'd b- constant auemion, if the n.'U.;n- of i;s -rowili is iinders" ood. Never allow w.eds to riiM'n seo'is. Cultivate frequently, fre-quently, particularly in the teason, so a? to destroy i-oediins. Many weed -oedt can he induced to penninato in autumn by cultivating -tuhhle immediately after harvest. Mos; of these seedlings "will be . winter killed, or can be easily disposed nf by plowing or cultivation in the sprinpr. All weeds, hearing mature seeds should be hume.l. 1'nder no circumstances should , riiev be plowed under. All weeds can be destroyed by the ute of ordinary Implements Imple-ments of the J"arn -the piow. the cultivator, culti-vator, the. harrow, the spade and the hoe. 'v constantly on the alert to prevent new veeds from becoming established."